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What did Mendel's cross-pollination of pea plants prove?


A. Inherited factors combine in offspring to create entirely new characteristics.


B. Each parent only passes on one-half of its hereditary factors to each offspring.


C. There is no such thing as a true-breeding plant; they all have hidden factors.


D. It takes four generations of offspring to identify the parents' factors.

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Answer:

B. Each parent only passes on one-half of its hereditary factors to each offspring.

Explanation:

Pea plants have both male and female reproductive organs.  As a result, they can either self-pollinate themselves or cross-pollinate with another plant.  In Mendel's experiments, he was able to cross-pollinate purebred plants with particular traits and observe the outcome over many generations.  

As a little fun fact; as we know, both human parents have 46 chromosomes, and when reproduction occurs, they both give half of their chromosomes (23) to their offspring!
B. Each parent only passé down one half it’s hereditary factors to offspring
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